单词 | bluehead |
释义 | blueheadn. 1. Angling. An earthworm used as bait; = marsh worm n. at marsh n.1 Compounds 3b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [noun] > member of (worm) > used as bait flag-worm1653 marsh worm1653 jag-tail1736 slob1814 sedge-worm1839 blackhead1842 bluehead1842 1842 G. P. R. Pulman Rustic Sketches 48 On the Axe the only kind of worm-bait used is the blackhead or bluehead. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. v. xi. 6 §3.312 The Marsh~worm or Blue-head is found in moist..localities. 1905 R. F. Meysey-Thompson Fishing Catech. vi. 146 Other worms to be used are the Blue-heads (Hibernicè Black-heads), which in Ireland are generally ranked as being the best. 1924 Boys' Life Feb. 52/2 The bass were biting, and Ted had a pail of blue-heads for bait. 2. More fully bluehead wrasse. A hermaphroditic wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum, of coral reefs in the Caribbean, the adult male of which has a bright blue head separated from the rest of the body by black and white bands. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > member of (wrasse) old wife1585 merle1601 rockfish1605 cook fish1611 wrasse1686 wroth1750 bergle1795 partridge1890 bluehead1919 1919 C. H. Townsend Guide N.Y. Aquarium 81 The most striking in coloration of all the wrasses is the Bluehead (Thalassoma bifasciatus). The head is deep blue, the posterior half of the body green. 1975 Science 14 Nov. 636/2 The larger bluehead males set up temporary spawning territories along the outer rim of the reef while the smaller blueheads..gather just inshore. 2011 G. Helfman & B. Collette Fishes xi. 143 Bluehead Wrasses (Thalassoma bifasciatum..) reuse the same breeding territories for more than 12 years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1842 |
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